Ceiling installers take to the boxing ring to prove their mettle.

 It was gloves off when 16 members of Armstrong Ceiling Solutions’ national network of Omega contractors were treated to a sneak preview of a new product.

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Since April 2016 g2 Energy have completed ICP works and Balance of Plant works on 57 embedded generation projects, including 33 x Solar PV projects and 18 x 500kVA single wind turbines, along with further AD plants and gas connected STOR (peaking) generation projects. This equates to over 300MW of embedded generation connected to the network by g2 Energy this year alone.
g2 Energy’s busiest period has been Q1 2017, when they successfully completed works on 30 generation projects. This included 25 solar farms, 4 wind turbines and 1 STOR plant. 24 of the solar farms were completed during the last three weeks of March to achieve accreditation prior to the tariff cut-off date of 31st March.

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A year on from the launch of the Dulux Academy in March 2016, the state-of-the-art training facility in Slough celebrated its first anniversary during National Apprenticeship Week this month by offering 50 free places for trainee decorators to attend a two-day master class. All decorating based activities equipped participants with expert advice on techniques and were focused on supporting and supplementing the participants’ training programme.

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New VR applications are changing the way architects, construction firms and clients work together, reducing costs and timescales, helping to progress more ambitious schemes

The concept of a construction groundbreaking, a traditional ceremonial act where the first shovel of soil is removed from a site to celebrate the start of a new build project, is nothing new.  What is new is a groundbreaking conducted entirely in Virtual Reality (VR), providing the assembled audience with the chance to witness the new structure rise out of the ground, then take a virtual tour inside, before a single brick is laid.

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Lucion Services has announced that it is bringing its two consultancy divisions together.

Under the new arrangements Salbrook Vance, a provider of strategic hazardous material management consulting, will be merged with construction safety specialists Innov8 Safety Solutions.

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GRAHAM Construction has completed work on the Rosemount Gardens and Court Complex in Bathgate.

The care development, which GRAHAM delivered over three phases on behalf of West Lothian Council in partnership with Hub South East, was officially opened by Leader of local authority, John McGinty.

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On another major London development that’s currently underway, Bull Products’ Cygnus wireless fire alarm system is being used for fire safety during the construction phase.

Royal Wharf is a visionary mixed development located in East London’s Royal Docks on 40 acres of land where nearly 3,400 homes are being created as well as commercial, retail, leisure and educational facilities for a new and vibrant London district.   This brand new riverside district of Royal Wharf builds on the success of Canary Wharf and the 2012 Olympics and underlines the movement to the east of London’s centre of gravity. It is due for completion in 2019.

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The recent case of two Polish brothers who were convicted of trafficking people from their home country to work in the United Kingdom has again highlighted the issues for businesses, including in the construction industry, in ensuring that they have a robust and transparent approach to addressing the issues that modern slavery presents.

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Construction and landscaping specialist Crown Group is calling on the Government to ensure the construction sector is a key plank of its future industrial strategy amid concerns that Brexit could see the industry decline.

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Derbyshire-based expanded polystyrene (EPS) manufacturer, Springvale (www.springvale.co.uk), has launched a new free instructional mobile app.

The quick and easy installation guide will help building contractors using Springvale’s suspended ground floor insulation product; Beamshield Plus.

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